Published inBe Yourself·PinnedMy Life between Lake Michigan and Kellogg SchoolIt’s windy today. It always is. Piercing through the layers of clothing, these chilly winds affect me more. Perhaps, when you’re a bit lost you feel it more. However, my cribbing aside, Evanston isn’t a bad place. At least, you can’t hate the super-energetic squirrels of Evanston forever busy digging…Life Lessons3 min readLife Lessons3 min read
May 215 Things I Couldn’t Do in The Last Quarter(Plus a blog that I didn’t publish. I wrote it when I Covid19 stole the last quarter of my MBA school. This was in my draft from 2020, but I never pressed “publish”. Doing that today!) I was never charmed by MBA in the true sense. In the last 2…Mba4 min readMba4 min read
Mar 26Reflecting on a life well livedToday when leaving the home for the office, I said, “this day would just be over in a moment”. And that’s how it should have been. …Life Lessons9 min readLife Lessons9 min read
Published inAgile Insider·Aug 11, 2022Member-onlyA simple time management hack for Product ManagersOne of the challenges in PM roles is how to find time for long-term, valuable work items. If you don’t exert control on the calendar, one tends to get sucked into a barrage of urgent items that needs our attention but doesn’t result in long-term value. One senior PM at…Product Management3 min readProduct Management3 min read
Aug 9, 2022Member-only5 Design Thinking Concepts for Product ManagersI landed upon Design Thinking frameworks a bit late in my career when I was at Kellogg School of Management and attending “Design for Delight” session by Intuit PMs. I found it extremely powerful for product managers. From then on at Kellogg, I attended multiple courses and workshops to get…Product Management7 min readProduct Management7 min read
Published inAgile Insider·Aug 3, 2022Member-onlyHow to prepare for Product Manager Technical Interviews?To lead the product team effectively, Product Managers must have influence and credibility with engineers. Agreed that good technical knowledge/aptitude isn’t the only factor in a good working relationship with engineers, it’s a big factor. That’s why many tech firms conducts technical interviews as part of the PM hiring process. …Product Management8 min readProduct Management8 min read
Published inAgile Insider·Jul 3, 2022Member-onlyHow to write a good Product Requirement Document?The sole purpose of the Product Requirement Document (PRD) is to build a shared understanding of what to build. It’s written agreement between PM, engineering, and UX that serves following purpose: Offers a forum to reach shared understanding, and once finalized it serves as a source of truth to refer…Product5 min readProduct5 min read
May 31, 2022Member-onlyBaar Baar Dekho: If not, at least look deeperThis movie holds a special place in my life. It was the first movie my girlfriend and I watched 6 years back, and we had a big (and first) disagreement over the core message of the movie. In plain terms, this movie preaches living in the present. Diya (Katrina Kaif)…Life Lessons3 min readLife Lessons3 min read
Jan 3, 2022The only time is now.301Adam MorrisHave to agree with "reviews aren't everything", and professional reviewers have missed the beauty…Have to agree with "reviews aren't everything", and professional reviewers have missed the beauty of simple messaging that the film had. As someone who was a bit obsessed with work and lacked real-life lessons back then in 2016 (and to an extent still), I learnt a lot from this movie. Thanks for putting the learning in such a nice way!1 min read1 min read
Nov 7, 2021Member-onlyProduct-market fit in an unusual contextEvery team I’ve worked with has grappled with the challenge of limited resources. In my previous life, when I was in a startup I used to think that resourced constraints will not be there in big tech firms. Turns out, it’s even a bigger problem. …Startup3 min readStartup3 min read
